S8-2-QC-545 Kunga Island: Late/Upper Hettangian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Quinquecapsulariidae
Empirea hasta Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Charlottea weedensis n. sp. Carter et al. 1998
Tozerium nascens Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Palaeoscenidiidae
Parentactinia carteri Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Heptacladidae
Pseudoheptacladus informal sp. A Lahm 1984
synonym of Parentactinosphaera
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Praehexasaturnalis tetraradiatus Kozur and Mostler 1990
Praehexasaturnalis poultoni Carter et al. 1998
Palaeosaturnalis liassicus Kozur and Mostler 1990
Protozoa - Xiphostylidae
Amuria impensa Carter et al. 1998
Archaeocenosphaera sp. Pessagno et al. 1989
Pessagno et al. 1989
Archaeocenosphaera laseekensis Pessagno et al. 1989
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Pseudoeucyrtis fullerensis Carter et al. 1998
Pseudoeucyrtis angusta Carter et al. 1998
Protokatroma informal sp. A Carter et al. 1998
synonym of Pseudoeucyrtis
Protokatroma aquila Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Relanus reefensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum unicum Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Atalanta epaphrodita Cordey and Carter 1996
recombined as Atalantria epaphrodita
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Haeckelicyrtium informal sp. A Kozur and Mostler 1979
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Droltus hecatensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Bipedis hannai Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Spumellaria
Spumellaria informal indet. A Ehrenberg 1875
Spumellaria informal indet. C Ehrenberg 1875
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium kluense Pessagno and Blome 1980
Pantanellium browni Pessagno and Blome 1980
Pantanellium danaense Pessagno and Blome 1980
Pantanellium tanuense Pessagno and Blome 1980
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Udalia primaeva Carter et al. 1998
Udalia plana Carter et al. 1998
Udalia parvacapsa Carter et al. 1998
Udalia dennisoni Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella ravenensis Carter et al. 1998
Paronaella skenaensis Carter et al. 1998
Thurstonia magnaglobus Carter et al. 1998
Thurstonia minutaglobus Carter et al. 1998
Danubea howardi Carter et al. 1998
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:British Columbia
Coordinates: 52.8° North, 131.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.2° South, 126.9° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Hettangian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 1
Key time interval:Late/Upper Hettangian
Age range of interval:201.40000 - 199.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kunga Formation:Sandilands
Local section:Kunga Island 8 Local bed:42 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified siltstone
Lithology description: limestone nodule in hard, thinly-bedded siltstones
Environment:basinal (siliciclastic)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:94375
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, J. Pálfy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Kocsis
Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2010-02-18 02:33:03 Last modified:2010-02-18 04:33:03
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-18 02:33:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8989. E. S. Carter, P. A. Whalen, and J. Guex. 1998. Biochronology and paleontology of Lower Jurassic (Hettangian and Sinemurian) radiolarians, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin (496)1-162 [A. Miller/K. Layou/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

41432 E. Pessagno, W. M. Six, and Q. Yang. 1989. The Xiphostylidae Haeckel and Parvivaccidae, n. fam, (Radiolaria) from the North American Jurassic. Micropaleontology 35(3):193-255 [J. Pálfy/A. Kocsis]